stinger

[sting-er]

noun

1. a person or thing that stings.

2. an animal or plant having a stinging organ.

3. the sting or stinging organ of an insect or other animal.

4. Informal.,  a stinging blow, remark, or the like.

5. a cocktail made of brandy and crème de menthe.

6. Military.,  Stinger, a U.S. Army shoulder-launched, heat-seeking antiaircraft missile with a range of 3 miles (5 kilometers).

7. British Informal.,  a highball of whiskey and soda.

8. Television.

   1. a clip appearing during or after the closing credits of a show or movie.

      The next season’s new cast member appears briefly in the stinger.

   2. sting.

Stinger

¹

/ ˈstɪŋə /

noun

1. a device, consisting of a long track of raised spikes, laid across a road by police to puncture the tyres of escaping vehicles

ˈstinger

²

/ ˈstɪŋə /

noun

1. a person, plant, animal, etc, that stings or hurts

2. any marine creature that stings its victims, esp the box jellyfish

3. Also: stengah. a whisky and soda with crushed ice

stinger

1. A sharp stinging organ, such as that of a bee, scorpion, or stingray. Stingers usually inject venom.

Word History and Origins

Origin of stinger¹

First recorded in 1545–55; sting + -er ¹

Example Sentences

“Tron: Ares” does so in the closing moments of the movie’s main story as well as in a stinger that plays after the credits start to roll.

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Freeman had been battling a neck stinger, but returned to the starting lineup and drew a walk in an otherwise 0-for-3 performance.

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Freeman was absent from the lineup because of a “stinger” in his neck and right shoulder, Roberts said.

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Scientists and amateur naturalists have observed a remarkable range of species not usually widespread in UK waters, including octopus, bluefin tuna and mauve stinger jellyfish.

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The sting comes from the stingray’s sharp, barbed stingers on the fish’s tails.

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